Copyright © November 1997 Claus-Justus Heine claus@momo.math.rwth-aachen.de
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The Ftape Installation GuideThis document describes basic usage and installation of the floppy tape device driver ftape for Linux.
This document applies to version 3.04d of the ftape device driver.
| Copying | Your rights and freedoms. |
| Introduction | What is ftape. |
| Reporting bugs | Submitting bug and problem reports. |
| Documentation | Ways to get access to the documentation. |
| Quick Installation | If you are fed up with RTFM. |
| Installation | How to install. |
| Loading ftape | Loading the kernel modules |
| Testing ftape | Testing the driver |
| File System Interface | VFS Interface and Implementation Notes |
| Concept Index | Index. |
| --- The Detailed Node Listing --- | |
| Ways to get access to the documentation | |
| Sources of Documentation | Sources of documentation |
| HTML | The HTML version of the manual |
| Info | The Info version of the manual |
| DVI | The DVI version of the manual, hard-copies |
| TEXinfo | TEXinfo, rebuilding the documentation |
| Installation | |
| Requirements | What is needed for the Installation |
| Kernel log daemons | Daemons for logging kernel messages |
| Kernel patches | Inclusion into kernel, compatibility patches |
| Compiling ftape | Compiling ftape, compile time configuration |
| Installing ftape | Installing the kernel modules and utilities |
| Un-installing ftape | Un-installing the kernel modules and utilities |
| Kernel Patches | |
| Very old kernels | What to do if running prehistoric kernels |
| 1.2.13 | Installation under Linux-1.2.13 |
| 2.*.* | Installation under Linux-2.0.0 and up |
| Installation under Linux-1.2.13 | |
| Patching 1.2.13 | Changing 1.2.13 by using the patch command. |
| Changing 1.2.13 by hand | Doing it yourself. |
| Compiling ftape, compile time configuration | |
| FDC_OPT | Setting up for your hardware |
| CONFIG_MODVERSIONS | Versioned symbols |
| BROKEN_FLOPPY_DRIVER | Ignore bad behavior of the floppy driver |
| CONFIG_FT_ALPHA_CLOCK | Compiling ftape on DEC Alpha machines |
| CONFIG_FT_PROC_FS | The procfs Interface of ftape |
| TRACE_FLAGS | Controlling the amount of debugging output |
| Loading the Kernel Modules | |
| Contrib | Small utilities STRONGLY RECOMMENDED |
| Kerneld | Use with the kerneld module auto-loading |
| Configure ftape | Load time configuration |
| Insmod ftape | Inserting the ftape modules into the kernel |
| Small utilities needed for using ftape | |
| Swapout | The memory de-fragmentation utility |
| mt | The tape control program |
| vtblc | The volume table manipulation program |
| ftformat | The formatting program |
| listtape | Listing the volumes on your tape |
| Testing the driver | |
| ftape Debugging Messages | ftape Debugging Messages |
| Output of the status command | Output of ftmt status |
| Syslog example (first access) | Syslog example, first tape access |
| VFS Interface and Implementation Notes | |
| Device description | Devices provided by zftape |
| File marks | `End Of File' marks with zftape |
| Tape blocks | Recording fixed length data blocks |
| Compression | Builtin Compression |
| Ioctls | The ioctl interface to ftape |
| Devices provided by zftape | |
| Rewinding devices | Rewinding and non-rewinding devices |
| Drive selection | The meaning of the digit suffix |
| zftape devices | Devices provided by zftape |
| Devices provided by zftape | |
| zftape devices table | Table of devices |
| zftape devices overview | Overview |
| zftape devices compatibility | Notes on compatibility with ftape-2.x |
| /dev/qft | not-compressing devices with vtbl segment |
| /dev/rft | Synonym to `/dev/qft' |
| /dev/zqft | Compressing devices with vtbl segment |
| /dev/rawft | Raw access to all tape segments |
| File marks | |
| ftape-2.x file marks | File mark implementation with ftape-2.x |
| zftape file marks | File mark implementation with zftape |
| tar EOF | File marks and tar |
| The ioctl interface to ftape | |
| MTIOCTOP | The tape operation wrapper ioctl |
| MTIOCGET | Query the tape status |
| MTIOCPOS | Query the tape position |
| MTIOCRDFTSEG and MTIOCWRFTSEG | Read and write floppy tape segments |
| MTIOCVOLINFO | Query info about the current volume (zftape) |
| MTIOCGETSIZE | Query the size of the cartridge (zftape) |
| MTIOCFTFORMAT | Format a floppy tape cartridge (zftape) |
| MTIOCFTCMD | Send raw QIC-117 commands to the tape drive |
The tape operation wrapper ioctl MTIOCTOP
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| MTRESET | Reset drive and driver |
| MTFSF | Skip forward over file marks |
| MTBSF | Skip backward over file marks |
| MTFSR | Skip forward over tape records |
| MTBSR | Skip backwards over tape records |
| MTWEOF | Write file mark |
| MTREW | Rewind cartridge |
| MTOFFL | Put drive off-line |
| MTNOP | No op, set status |
| MTRETEN | Retension the cartridge |
| MTBSFM | Skip backwards over file marks |
| MTFSFM | Skip forward over tape file marks |
| MTEOM | Skip to end of recorded area |
| MTERASE | Erase cartridge |
| MTSETBLK | Setting the block size (zftape) |
| MTSETDENSITY | Setting the debugging level (zftape) |
| MTSEEK | Seek to absolute tape block (zftape) |
| MTTELL | Request tape position, buggy |
| MTSETDRVBUFFER | Set amount of driver memory (zftape) |
| MTCOMPRESSION | Switch compression on and off (zftape) |
Formatting of cartridges using MTIOCFTFORMAT
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| struct mtftformat | MTIOCFTFORMAT ioctl definition |
| FTFMT_SET_PARMS | Set software parameters |
| FTFMT_GET_PARMS | Get software parameters |
| FTFMT_FORMAT_TRACK | Start formatting a tape track |
| FTFMT_STATUS | Monitor formatting a tape track |
| FTFMT_VERIFY | Verify a floppy tape segment |
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